How many singers does your band have?

Our original band is a 5 piece. We have one lead vocalist, and I provide regular back up vocals, and have a few shared leads in a couple songs. We have a third singer, who doesnt sing with us much outside of rehearsals, only occasionally at gigs. Sometimes its because we can only get 2 mics at gigs, and other times I think she just really doesnt want to sing. Her singing isnt bad, but she has poor projection.
Im thinking about starting a coverband, and when I get to auditions Id like to have as many vocalists as possible, at least 3, possibly 4. The band may end up a 4 or 5 piece, Im still unsure of that, though I do want to keep the number of members down.

So, how many members are in your band, and how many of them contribute vocally?

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Six piece band, two female singers with fixed lead and background roles.

Our guitarist can sing too, and I'd really love him to (a duet would rock my socks off) but he's just so shy about it. Well maybe the lead singer's LSD got to do with it, no one wants to get on her bad side lol.

Our background singer needs more backbone though. She's not confident enough and that sometimes has a negative impact on her singing even though she got a great voice. We always tell her to turn it up, heh.

Our original band is a 5 piece. We have one lead vocalist, and I provide regular back up vocals, and have a few shared leads in a couple songs. We have a third singer, who doesnt sing with us much outside of rehearsals, only occasionally at gigs. Sometimes its because we can only get 2 mics at gigs, and other times I think she just really doesnt want to sing. Her singing isnt bad, but she has poor projection.
Im thinking about starting a coverband, and when I get to auditions Id like to have as many vocalists as possible, at least 3, possibly 4. The band may end up a 4 or 5 piece, Im still unsure of that, though I do want to keep the number of members down.

So, how many members are in your band, and how many of them contribute vocally?

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We don't have a dedicated singer, both guitarists trade back and forth on vocals.

We don't have a dedicated singer, both guitarists trade back and forth on vocals.

The more band members, the smaller the pay check.

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So your band has 2 singers. How many members are in your band, blue?
I definitely know that more members equals a smaller check.
Ideally the band will have 4 members: Guitar, Bass, Keys, Drums, with as many singers amongst them as possible. Im not closed off to the idea of a second guitarist, should one be necessary to pull off the material.

Oh, I know that much! Ive been singing in bands for about 10 years. Ive only really found my voice within the last two or so.
I apologize to anyone who has been subjected to my "singing" before then...

Original rock trio. Currently one singer, working on getting me into backing vocals. I'm not a great singer but I'm pretty sure I've got the ability to do it. I'd rather just play bass but peer pressure and all that.

4 members, 4 singers.
I'd love to say we split the vocals all over the place but I (as the primary b/g vocalist) sing in all the songs with b/g vocals and sing lead in about 40% of the material played.
I will emphasize that good microphones and monitors help in confidence building. In our room with our monitors, an SM58 couldn't cut it. We went with EV 767 & 967s which help materially with cutting through the room and articulation.

Keys/Rhythm Guitar - 2/3 of lead vocals, some harmonies
Rhythm guitar - 1/3 lead vocals, mostly harmonies
Drums - harmonies, lead on one song. Could do more
Bass - no singing. Could, just doesn't work out in this band
Lead guitar - occasional harmonies (shouted unison lines in rock and roll moments!) Lots of stage banter.